Academics and right activists underscored the need for completing the trial of previous cases of human rights violation and provide justice to all victims who waited for years.
“One of the key conditions to safeguard the human rights in Bangladesh is to conduct the trial of each incident of human rights violation and ensure justice to all the individuals and families whose rights were violated in the last 15 years,” said Dr Samina Luthfa, of Dhaka University.
Tomorrow, the nation, like the rest of the globe, will commemorate International Human Rights Day appropriately, with the theme “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.”
According to her, justice must be served for the killings, tortures, and severe human rights violations that occurred during the major revolt led by students in July and August.
“We need to find and hold accountable those who assisted the students’ killers in leaving the country following such a large-scale movement,” she said.
“In the last three months, some incidents of human rights violation such as filing false cases indiscriminately and implicating many innocent people in cases should be addressed,” she said.
Samina urged the government not to be influenced by the majority’s opinions while addressing the issues of minorities and marginalized people, rather to the views and opinions of everyone irrespective of their religion, cast and culture into consideration as far as human rights issues are concerned.
Human rights cannot be established until the rights of each religion, each culture and community and minority groups are protected. The government must have clear statement and initiatives in this regard, she added.
Renowned human rights advocate Nur Khan Liton told BSS that the July popular uprising had altered the country’s human rights situation.
“The stories of torture were suppressed for 16 years because we were cloaked in fear prior to the uprising,” he claimed.
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